Cyprus's New Leader Will Pursue Aid Deal

Conservative Anastasiades Garners 58% of Vote for Strongest Presidential-Election Win in About 30 Years

By

Stelios Bouras and

Michalis Persianis

Updated Feb. 24, 2013 3:30 p.m. ET

NICOSIA, Cyprus—Cyprus's conservative leader won a resounding victory Sunday in the country's second-round presidential elections and vowed to quickly secure a multibillion-euro aid package to save the country from default.

According to the final count, Nicos Anastasiades—head of the center-right Democratic Rally, or Disy, party—garnered 57.48% of the vote, the highest tally in a presidential election in some 30 years. His opponent,...